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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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